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WATCH: Pitt HC Pat Narduzzi Updates Roster Moves, Position Battles

Pitt Panthers head coach Pat Narduzzi addressed a few position battles, updated a couple of season-ending injuries and discussed the end of fall camp.
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Nov 9, 2024; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Pittsburgh Panthers head coach Pat Narduzzi observes warm ups before the game against the Virginia Cavaliers at Acrisure Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images
Nov 9, 2024; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Pittsburgh Panthers head coach Pat Narduzzi observes warm ups before the game against the Virginia Cavaliers at Acrisure Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images | Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images

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PITTSBURGH - The Pitt Panthers have just about wrapped up fall camp at the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex, which allowed head coach Pat Narduzzi to give an update on some season-ending injuries and discuss a few position battles.

Narduzzi touched upon the kicking competition, which was won by true freshman walk-on Trey Butkowski over James London and Sam Carpenter. London, the only scholarship kicker on the roster, has since left the program.

Narduzzi also announced that linebackers Jeremiah Marcelin and Jayden Bonsu will both miss the 2025 season due to injuries, an upper-body for Marcelin and lower-body for Bonsu. It's a big blow to a linebacking corps that has aspirations of being the best in college football. Cameron Lindsey is now in line for a much bigger role on defense this season.

Pitt has a walk-through on Friday morning before the annual Kickoff Luncheon at Acrisure Stadium, and while there are still a handful of position battles that haven't been formally wrapped up, Narduzzi said the opening two-deep depth chart on Monday won't have many surprises.

The biggest surprise, of course, was Butkowski winning the kicking competition.

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Karl Ludwig
KARL LUDWIG

Karl Ludwig is a Pittsburgh Panthers on SI sportswriter. He has spent the past three years covering the Pitt Panthers for a couple of platforms. While he did not attend Pitt, he grew up in the Pittsburgh area, attending North Allegheny Senior High School and Slippery Rock University. As a student at SRU, he served as the sports editor of SRU’s student-run newspaper, The Rocket, and provided award-winning coverage in football, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s soccer. It was at SRU that his love for sports journalism blossomed. Karl spent three seasons as the Pitt football beat writer for Pittsburgh Sports Now, following time as an intern for the Sports Now Network. His most recent coverage of the University was for Pitt Sports News of the On3/Rivals network. He’s also contributed to Athlon Sports and SB Nation’s Behind the Steel Curtain.

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